Hari Om Parents,
Today was the 4th class of Balavihar!! Here is the summary of what we covered in the class today:
All of us assembled in our classroom 'Krishna', We all sat in a circle crisscrossing our legs, hands together in Namaskar pose, kept our eyes closed, and then we all chanted three OMs and then chanted the Opening Prayers - Sahana Vavatu.
Bhajan Time: We learned Krishna Bhajan for House Inaugural
Hey Muralee Shridhara, Radhe Krishna Radhe Shyam
Keshava Madhava Yadava Nandana, Radhe Krishna Radhe Shyam
Hey Muralee Shridhara, Radhe Krishna Radhe Shyam
After this, we started with the Third Lesson from our curriculum which is Letter 'A '- is for Aspiration '.
Introduction of the Letter of the day : We discussed what we learnt from last class about God and why we need a sweet mind And that we can become Sweet people when we develop a Sweet mind and we develop Sweet Mind when we attain special qualities which we can learn by learning the Vedanta alphabet and this will help us to connect with God easily.
We explained that Letter 'A '- is for Aspiration means Strong determination to achieve our goal. We can fulfill our Aspiration through hard work.
Brainstorming: We asked kids the various things which start with A, kids responded by saying Apple, Alligator, Ant etc. and then discussed what Aspiration means, we pronounced it together and explained what it means. Then we asked each kid to tell us what they want to become when they grow big. And what Aim means and what a Goal is and that we can achieve it only by hard work and by working towards our goal.
We got very interesting answers about what kids want to become when they grow big.
Story Time: Through the story of the Best Archer - Arjuna from Mahabharata and Dronacharya's test,we learnt that Arjuna became the best Archer by his hard work and rigorous practice and steadfast determination. And we concluded that Single pointed focus is needed to achieve our goal.
Activity: Game: Yes, I Can Reach My Goal! We played a game of Low Five, Medium Five and Hi Five, with each kid coming over to each teacher and giving us a Low Five, Medium Five and higher Hi-Five - each kid tried their best to jump and reach out to give a bigger Hi- Five. Through this game we learnt that we should not keep our goal too low or too high, but aspire for something which is in our means and for which we can work hard consistently and achieve our aspiration.
As it was House Inaugural Day we all went to the Prayer Hall at 10:15am, where each House group was introduced and Kids were given an introduction of the Houses, the competitions.
This year Balvihar theme is 'SEVA'. We performed an activity seva 'Cutlery Packing'.
All the four houses participated, singing their respective bhajan and waving their respective colored flags.
Attendance: Attendance was taken and each kid responded by saying 'Hari Om'. And then we went to the Prayer Hall for Aarthi and Pledge.
It was a very interactive class with kids, and kids shared interesting views and thoughts with all.
Note: We will be sharing The coloring sheet for Letter A Please take the print outs ,the audio recording of the Opening prayers and Krishana Bhajan in the WhatsApp group, please make kids practice at home.
Please help kids practice
Geeta Chanting Ch 4 - Verse 1 -- video shared in Group.
Next class : is on Oct 8th, 2023.
It was another very interactive class with kids, all of the kids participated very well.
Have a wonderful week ahead!Pranams
Mahalakshmi & Chandarani.
